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1. www.bbc.com › future › articleThe forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps' - BBC

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   Nine-year-old Jane Rowth blinked her eyes open and squinted out into the moody evening shadows. She and her mother had just awoken from a short sleep. Mrs Rowth got up and went over to the ...

2. www.bbc.com › future › articleThe lost ancient practice of communal sleep - BBC

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   Jan 11, 2024 · Why tonnes of mummified cats ended up in England In 1890 an estimated cargo of 180,000 ancient felines, weighing 19.5 tonnes, were auctioned off in Liverpool. 18 Sep 2024

3. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsHave we lost sleep? A reconsideration of segmented sleep in ...

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   Aug 1, 2023 · ‘First sleep’ might also indicate the sleep preceding very transient, even incomplete, wakefulness: for example, in Richard Blackbourn’s novel Clitie (1688), the protagonist’s father experiences a significant dream during a second period of sleep after a moment of awakening: ‘after his first Sleep (which we’ll suppose was sound enough) he awak’d with a certain heaviness at his ...

4. daily.jstor.org › how-the-age-of-the-bed-changedThe Age of the Bed Changed the Way We Sleep - JSTOR Daily

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   Nov 27, 2017 · The environment for sleep itself changed dramatically between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, Ekirch writes, going from straw pallets on the floor to wooden frames with pillows, sheets, blankets, and mattresses filled with rags and wool. Sixteenth-century clergyman William Harrison recalled a people in his childhood sleeping with “a ...

5. www.medievalists.net › 2016 › 01How did people sleep in the Middle Ages? - Medievalists.net

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   Jan 3, 2016 · A recent book on the history of sleeping argues that during the Middle Ages people typically slept in two periods during the night. Roger Ekirch’s book, At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past, reveals that until modern times, when artificial lighting allowed us to stay awake longer, most people would go to bed around sunset.

6. www.bbc.com › future › articleSleep tight: A curious history of beds through the centuries

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   Jan 28, 2024 · Why tonnes of mummified cats ended up in England In 1890 an estimated cargo of 180,000 ancient felines, weighing 19.5 tonnes, were auctioned off in Liverpool. 18 Sep 2024

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   Why England Slept?

   • Why England Slept (1940) is the published version of a thesis written by John F. Kennedy in his senior year at Harvard College. Its title is an allusion to Winston Churchill 's 1938 book While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power. [ 1]

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   Did people sleep at night during the Middle Ages?

   • A recent book on the history of sleeping argues that during the Middle Ages people typically slept in two periods during the night. Roger Ekirch’s book, At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past, reveals that until modern times, when artificial lighting allowed us to stay awake longer, most people would go to bed around sunset.

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   How did medieval people sleep?

   • There were box beds (Read more from BBC Future about why medieval people slept in cupboards), beds strung with rope – which had to be tightened regularly, possibly leading to the expression "sleep tight" – and elaborate wooden four-posted beds like the Great Bed of Ware, which reportedly once slept 52 people.

   Sleep tight: A curious history of beds through the centuries - BBC

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   Did early modern people sleep in 'first' and'second' sleeps?

   • The theory that the people of the early modern period slept in well-defined segments of ‘first’ and ‘second’ sleeps has been highly influential in both scholarly literature and mainstream media over the past twenty years.

   Have we lost sleep? A reconsideration of segmented sleep in

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   Is Segmented sleep a common practice in early modern Europe?

   • In short, the extensive references containing the term ‘first sleep’ do not of themselves provide a weight of evidence for segmented sleep as a typically understood, widespread practice in early modern Europe. There are similar problems with the use of phrases such as ‘second sleep’ and ‘morning sleep’.

   Have we lost sleep? A reconsideration of segmented sleep in

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   How did sleep change between the 15th and 17th centuries?

   • The environment for sleep itself changed dramatically between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, Ekirch writes, going from straw pallets on the floor to wooden frames with pillows, sheets, blankets, and mattresses filled with rags and wool.

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Why_England_SleptWhy England Slept - Wikipedia

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   Why England Slept. Why England Slept (1940) is the published version of a thesis written by John F. Kennedy in his senior year at Harvard College. Its title alludes to Winston Churchill 's 1938 book Arms and the Covenant, published in the United States as While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power. [1]